• @Matty_r@programming.dev
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      I presume WeatherData.getData() should be going into some Data class that has multiple properties (using the , as a delimiter) instead of what OP is doing and just using the String

      • @fl42v@lemmy.ml
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        I mean, unless it’s explicitly specified, one can still argue. For fun, that is. I did it a few times with stuff like using maps when the task said I couldn’t use loops. Didn’t really get into trouble since there was a proper solution ready as well.

        • lad
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          18 days ago

          Depends on what was the course about. If it’s about computation, then sure. If it’s about OOP or architecture design (this one I wouldn’t expect, unfortunately, but would be nice if it was taught somewhere), then the point is not just to run something.

    • Hellfire103OP
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      Oh, I haven’t handed it in yet. We were supposed to write our own methods.

    • @schema@lemmy.world
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      To be needlessly pedantic on this joke, answer07 in itself is not an object, but a class, a blueprint for objects. An instance of that class would be an object. Calling the static function main does also not create an instance of the class in the class loader.

      • Caveman
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        To expand on that you can never instantiate an object of type answer07 since it’s a static class.

        (For the students here the “static” modifier means “it’s on the class, not the object”. Non-static will only be accessible as a “obj.whatever” but static is accessible by “Class.whatever”)

        • @schema@lemmy.world
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          Is the class declared static? I assume the “…ic class Answer07” at the top stands for “public class Answer07”.

          I don’t think java supports top level static classes (it does have nested static classes, though).

          • lad
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            18 days ago

            It looks like exactly 4 characters are missing, so public and static would fit, but I never saw static instead of public static, so I think you’re right. On the other hand, I don’t use Java anymore and couldn’t be bothered about such details